ABOUT THE PROJECTION BOX

The Projection Box, a small independent publishing partnership, was set up in 1994 by Stephen Herbert and Mo Heard. We publish, distribute and promote books and CD-roms on aspects of early film, pre-cinema and popular culture. Current titles can be viewed here.

We are keen to encourage people in the re-examination of 'pre-cinema' and early film histories, and hope that this award will be a useful gateway for anyone with a passion for these subjects - from professional archivists to amateur film historians; art-subject specialists and collectors. For many years we have been supported in our publishing venture by friends and colleagues in the field, who display such a wide range of knowledge and have been so generous in sharing their research projects. We don't know how much information is still out there waiting to be discovered; for not only the continuing analysis of early optical media from around the world, but also for the possibilities in re-assessing the inventors, their technology, the aesthetics, the audiences, the economics, the showmen and their real-life dramas. We look forward to the prospect of finding further new ideas, new stories and new research talent.

THE JUDGES FOR THE PROJECTION ESSAY AWARDS 2008 - 2009

David Francis
Research Associate, Indiana University

Simon Popple
Director of the Louis Le Prince Centre, and Senior Lecturer in Cinema, University of Leeds

Helen Weston
Emeritus Professor of History of Art, University College, London

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